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Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae
Etymology: Salariopsis: The suffix -opsis, from the ancient Greek 'view, appearance', is added to the epithet "Salaria" to highlight its apparent, but misleading, morphological similarity to the blenniid genus Salaria Forsskål, 1775 (Ref. 128181).
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 59043). Temperate
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125981); max. published weight: 4.80 g (Ref. 125981)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19; Vertebrae: 36. Diagnosis: This species is distinguished from its congeners in European inland waters by the following combination of characters: cheeks with 3-5 rows of bold black dots, roughly running diagonally from eye backward and downward, with space between 2 of the lower rows greyish and spaces between upper rows paler; simple cirrus above eye; head length 29-33% SL; upper jaw with 25-30 teeth, lower jaw with 20-27; A II,16-19; D XII-XIII,16-17 (Ref. 59043).
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); A territorial species found in lake shores and usually in dense vegetation at 0.3 to 2 m depth. Adults feed on insects and crustaceans. They spawn in May-July. Eggs hatch in about one week. Larvae are planktonic until about 15 mm. (Ref. 59043).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
Vecchioni, L., A.C. Ching, F. Marrone, M. Arculeo, P.J. Hundt and A.M. Simons, 2022. Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses of the Almadablennius clade reveals inconsistencies with the present taxonomy of blenniid fishes. Diversity 14(1,53):1-9. (Ref. 128181)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00480 - 0.02393), b=3.01 (2.82 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
